punishers

First, punishment arises simply from the desires of the punishers, which is to say, from the desires of the community.

FJ's Blog 2009

To avoid detection and spying, the Nihilists formed a Central Executive Committee whose sentences of death were executed by "punishers".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

"punishers" who have the power to set the rules (the rules, remember, are completely amoral according to the Darwin Party's own definitions, so they cannot complain if they happen to wind up on the losing side).

Latest Articles 2009

And there may be a time when stuff like waterboarding the baddie offends everyone enough to punish the punishers, but I expect technology will really do the heavy lifting, and our attitudes when they change – will change for inventions, not causes you are advocating. wiley says:

Matthew Yglesias » How Waterboarding Was Done 2010

The prize of costly punishment often outweighs the increased cooperation in the public goods game even in the experiments that were designed to suppress retaliation against punishers.

SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011

A liberal lashing with a stick is actually a carrot too: punishers seem to enjoy a warm, satisfying surge of blood to the reward centers of the brain.

SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011

In this third cinematic spin-off from the American TV exercise in institutionalised schadenfreude, the gleeful nine-man team of punishers inflict pain upon each other by cruel pranks and willingly endure brutal trials as their comrades look on, braying with laughter of the kind that confirms the film's title.

Jackass 3D – review Philip French 2010

Though many lawsuits are still in progress, the Plata case is where we've seen the greatest result in a system totally biased toward the punishers who control it.

Real Justice Served with Prisoner Release Order - at long last 2009

Though many lawsuits are still in progress, Plata is where we've seen the greatest result in a system totally biased toward the punishers who control it.

Real Justice Served with Prisoner Release Order - at long last 2009

Though many lawsuits are still in progress, Plata is where we've seen the greatest result in a system totally biased toward the punishers who control it.

Prisoner Release Ruling is Long Overdue as the Death Toll Mounts 2009